Presence is Calling

By Erin Pace

Mothering is not easy. I believe it is the single most important job in a lifetime, for our collective vitality and evolution – whether mothering/fathering a plant, an animal, a child, and/or (most importantly) our Selves.

I believe it becomes our responsibility to (re)parent our Selves when our awareness grows open and we see our patterns and shortfalls, without blame or judgment. And to listen when our plant, animal, child, or inner child whispers... or screams... an alerting message.

When my son was two years old, he screeched, “BE HERE RIGHT NOW, MOMMY!” Yep. He came here to teach me. To remind me. I nearly fell off my seat, his demand was so clear. So potent. Soooo loud!

I was busy buying him things like diapers on my phone, to cross it off the list before forgetting (cuz mommy brain is real y’all). I was multi-tasking during our precious play time. And he wasn’t having it!

Distraction is palpable to others, most especially our children. It doesn’t fly in the practice of “presence”... and he was right to remind me with such precision. True P R E S E N C E requires activated highest self-consciousness, listening well, and choosing attentive engagement.

And in the space of true presence, infinite potential is felt.

When I chose to bring myself fully back to him, I got to witness and experience his bright wondrous heart. His creative visions of LEGO castles and pretend smoothies for all the plush toys. His wild fearless giggly tumblings, belly button pokings, and circle chasings. His hopeful spirit. His beaming life-force energy.

When I chose to be fully present, he felt seen... and I was gifted with— actually elevated by him — pure joy frequency.

It is with presence that we can calm our systems, manage our emotions, home ourSelves back to pure Love frequency, and respond to any moment with ease and grace. And in so being, we serve the greater good. Small, nearly irrelevant moments can become extraordinary, and we relate with our (and others’) aliveness with newfound wonder. We amplify love and connection in the world. We notice All. That. Is. In its awesome and humbling profundity.

We help SHIFT the world for the better.

Erin Pace is a conscious embodiment guide, sensual dance instructor, body reader and whisperer, love leader, and all around life-nurturing soul coach. She developed the Responsive Body Practice, a practice to turn on and realign mind-body-spirit clarity for self-healing and wholeness with integrity. Erin creates and leads women’s circles and playshops, works with highly intelligent leaders and creative visionaries on their path of vitality and expansion, and supports women in all walks of life who are navigating emotional stressors, reattuning them to their powerful inner and body wisdom.

Erin co-founded Somatic Alchemy, a feminine movement mastermind program. She was an S Factor instructor for 13+ years, devoted to helping women become fully expressed as emotional erotic beings. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from Syracuse University and has a long resume in dance/theatre/event production. She is committed to the ongoing quest for greater knowledge and wisdom, acquired by studying bodies-in-motion, consciousness, the art of presence, meditation, human sexuality, energy, spirituality, and more.